Tools & Platforms available for Researchers at ExC MoA and HU Berlin
This page collects information on which tools/platforms are available for researchers at ExC MoA and HU Berlin. Most of these tools allow collaboration with external organizations to a certain degree. Only very few tools allow the handling of sensitive data according to GDPR. Some HU services only offer German manuals.
All services can be accessed using a HU account. Please ask moa.office [at] hu-berlin.de for such an account if possible. If such an account is not feasible for external collaborators, please consult with moa.it.support [at] hu-berlin.de for other options. If you have any recommendations for other tools and services, please also contact our IT Team. Many thanks!
bwgcloud
hosted by ExC MoA, allows any external users, everyone shares 12 TB of available storage capacity
https://hu.berlin/BWGcloudManual
HU-Box
hosted by CMS of HU. An account from one of the instututions that are part of the DFN Shibboleth federation (many universities in Germany should be able to collaborate) is required for login. Unlimited space, file lock feature, collaborative writing like Google Docs.
https://box.hu-berlin.de
https://de.seafile.com/support/benutzer/anleitung/seahub/
eduroam
In ExC MoA rooms eduroam and _Free_Wifi_Berlin is available. People with eduroam configured by external organizations only get Internet access on premise but not access to internal services like network printers. Talk to moa.it.support@hu-berlin.de for custom setups.
https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/netze/wlan/config/eduroam
Meeting/Guest Access
moa.office [at] hu-berlin.de helps you with short term guests and wifi for meetings. Allow 48 hours for processing.
VPN Tunnelblick/Fortinet
Connect to the Humboldt Network from external locations using Fortinet SSL-VPN or Tunnelblick https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/netze/vpn
CMS of HU offers several professional services. Some of them may insist on showing a HU-Berlin logo.
https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/en/dl-en/storage-services?set_language=en
If you require a custom solution, please write to moa.it.support [at] hu-berlin.de and moa.public.relations [at] hu-berlin.de
There are options for personal websites: (https://hu.berlin/pwww)
You can also use MoA's very own Blog to post and share information: blog.matters-of-activity.de
The Cluster set up a green screen studio for the video recording of lectures, image films, documentaries of work, objects etc. The possibilities with this technique are limitless, as you could see at our 1st Annual Conference. The equipment is ready to be used. In case you want to use the studio, please contact moa.public.relations [at] hu.berlin.de.
CMS of HU offers "Medien Repository" described here:
https://hu.berlin/medien
HU account required but external collaboration possible.
Example use case: You want to store hundreds of GB of images or videos and want to make some accessible to certain external people. You can also embed videos hosted there. And you get a DOI for every object for long term referencing.
The university offers some campus licenses:
https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/software
Please consult with MoA IT team about your needs and wishes. ExC MoA Apple laptops are provisioned with MS Office 2019. Adobe Software requires you to register the HU e-mail address as an Adobe ID.
https://hu.berlin/managingadobeapps
Here is a listing of some useful research tools:
https://www.ibi.hu-berlin.de/de/service/iLab/software
If you want to use or develop software to solve research questions, this overview may be also informative:
https://hu.berlin/researchsoftware
The MoA IT team provides ExC MoA researchers with Apple laptops and in rare cases PCs with Win10. Please talk to us about any other IT you may need. Let us know if you want to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). We'd love to hear from you at moa.it.support [at] hu-berlin.de.
The university offers a test period until 12-2020 for OpenProject and may license the tool after the evaluation period.
https://hu-berlin.openproject.com/
External collaboration is possible.
scm.cms.hu-berlin.de/ is the university's GitLab instance (HU Account required, but guests can be invited).
Research Data Management (RDM)
For general information please see
https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/en/dl-en/dataman-en/welcome?set_language=en
For consulting please contact Kerstin Germer at moa.publishing [at] hu-berlin.de
Research Software Management
For more information please talk to moa.it.support [at] hu-berlin.de
Please apply for a »soft certificate« at:
https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/zertifizierung (HU account required)
and follow the instructions. You can then digitally sign e-mails to prove you were the sender. And you can encrypt e-mails with sensitive content with any recipient that also uses the Internet standard »S/MIME«.
Set up out-of-office notice (HU account required, German-only interface):
https://forward.cms.hu-berlin.de/mf/
https://chat.hu-berlin.de/chat/
HU account required
The University offers Zoom which requires HU account.
https://hu.berlin/moavideoconf
The MoA IT Team hosts a similar service called Jitsi, Web browser only, no download/installation required, no account required for conference setup
https://webmeet.moa.hu-berlin.de/
The DFN offers VC service which must be used for job interviews and similarly sensitive content. HU-Account or Shibboleth SSO login from another organization is needed for setup.
https://conf.dfn.de/
No account necessary
https://terminplaner4.dfn.de/
https://dudle.hu-berlin.de/
MoA IT Team maintains two workstations in »Digital Lab« room 3.11. Windows 10 and macOS 10.14 Mojave with several rendering/computing software installed. Remote Computing options might be available.
HPC Clusters can be accessed as a university member: https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/systemservice/computeservice/server/hlrn/standardseite
https://edoc-info.hu-berlin.de/en/edoc-en?set_language=en
moa.publishing [at] hu-berlin.de and moa.it.support [at] hu-berlin.de offer consulting services.
The university library has an Open Access Team which supports you in post-publishing any of your articles on the institutional repository of the university.
https://www.ub.hu-berlin.de/de/forschen-publizieren/open-access
Zotero Cloud
Members get access to shared reference management and support for Zotero software. Please contact moa.zotero [at] hu-berlin.de
ExC MoA OPAC
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2325849/excmoaopac/collections/BH5XSBVG/collection